An American Revolution of 2008: The Campaign and Election of President Barack Obama

By H. Marcel Evans

This writing is an attempt to show Barack Obamas campaign as an American Political Revolution. Revolutions of the past had battles of various types. Obamas 2008 campaign was a revolution with battles of words, ideas and strategies. His major theme was there is a need for change in the federal government in some areas.
According to Websters New Collegiate Dictionary, the definition of revolution is activity or movement designed to affect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation of a country.
Most leaders of revolutions seem to have a background that prepares them for the revolution they have been chosen to lead.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 28, 2011
• ISBN: 9781467033688

H. Marcel Evans

I am aware that there have been improvements made in Race Relations in America over the past twenty years. I worked in an area of Race Relations in the military in the 1970s. I did not think I would see an African American be elected as president of the United States in my lifetime. I was very excited prior to the election, at the possibility of Mr. Obama being elected to be president. I wanted to be sure that I was able to vote. As fate would have it, I was scheduled for an operation on Election Day. My wife checked and found a place where we could vote absentee ballot. My operation was done and Mr. Obama was elected. I had an extensive recovery period, and somehow began to think of Mr. Obama’s campaign as a revolution of words and ideas of change. I then decided that after my rehabilitation period I would document some of the events during the campaign, and after Mr. Obama’s election I wanted to show that some of his campaign promises and ideas were truly revolutionary. So I thought, why not call the campaign and election an American Revolution of 2008?

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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Debates

Health Care Reform

Bibliographical Notes

Preface

I am aware that there have been improvements made in Race Relations in America over the past twenty years. I worked in an area of Race Relations in the military in the 1970s. I did not think I would see an African American be elected as president of the United States in my lifetime. I was very excited prior to the election, at the possibility of Mr. Obama being elected to be president. I wanted to be sure that I was able to vote. As fate would have it, I was scheduled for an operation on Election Day. My wife checked and found a place where we could vote absentee ballot.

My operation was done and Mr. Obama was elected. I had an extensive recovery period, and somehow began to think of Mr. Obama’s campaign as a revolution of words and ideas of change. I then decided that after my rehabilitation period I would document some of the events during the campaign, and after Mr. Obama’s election I wanted to show that some of his campaign promises and ideas were truly revolutionary. So I thought, why not call the campaign and election an American Revolution of 2008?

Acknowledgements

First I must thank God from whom all blessings flow. I thank God for all the blessings in my life and for the courage to face things that some times seem impossible.

I thank my parents who really taught me about unconditional love, honesty, and the value of family.

I am very grateful for my wife Zenobia, whom I knew from the first time I saw her, she was the person I wanted to be with. She has always supported me throughout the many years of our marriage, in all areas. She is the one person I can truly trust and depend on, and she is truly the greatest pleasure of my life.

After my wife, the next most valuable people in my life are my children: Marceles, Robin, Randall, Ronda, Rami, and Andre.

From my children, I have been blessed with six granddaughters: Ayana, Ante, Aliyah, Ayia and twins Katrina and Kloe.

I must give a special thanks to my daughter Ronda who was very helpful in assisting me with the preparation of this writing.

Thanks also to my daughter-in-law Deborah who helped me with a previous work. I would like to thank all the members of my extended family and the many close friends we have, Thank you all for being a part of my life experience.

Events in 2009

January 2009

May 1, 2009            Need for Health Care

Reform

May 1, 2009            President Obama

Nominates Judge

Sotomayor for the

Supreme Court

June 25, 2009            Role of First Lady

December 23, 2009       First Year Recovery/

Economy Health Care Bill

December 25, 2009       Health Care Legislation

Approved Christmas Eve

Events of 2010

January 20, 2010            Election of Scott Brown

(Edward Kennedy’s

Vacancy) Martha Coakley

was Democratic Candidate

January 20, 2010            20 Yr. Old From Bethesda,

MD 61 Month Jail Term for

Plot to Kill President

Obama

April 23, 2010            President Obama to New

York Meet w / Financial

Exc.—Financial Reform

April 23, 2010            Speech on Financial Sector

May 10, 2010            Selection of Elena Kagan

Supreme Court

June 21, 2010            President Obama—

Ref. Fathers

for Father’s Day

June 22, 2010            President Obama Met

with Insurance Exc. Of

Major Insurance

Companies Ref. Raising

Premiums

June 23, 2010            Problems with Combat

in Afghan.—Talk of

Possibility of General

Stanley McChrystal

being fired

August 7, 2010            Ref. Stimulus Pkg.

August 7, 2010            Ref. American Health Ins.

August 11, 2010

August 18, 2010            Some of President Obama’s

Promises Coming to Pass

Week of August 19, 2010

August 31, 2010            President Eco. Team

Discussing Ways to Bolster

Growths and Improve Job

Opportunities

August 31, 2010            President Obama Declares

U.S. War in Iraq Over

September 1, 2010      Iraq War Over

September 22, 2010      Ref. Bob Woodward’s

Book—Way Out of

Afghanistan in 2009

October 8, 2010            Ref. Federal

Workers—Working at

Home

November 3, 2010      Midterm Election Very

Difficult for President

Obama and Democrats

November 14, 2010      Ref. President Obama

Being a One-Term

President

December 1, 2010      Mtg. President Obama

and Republicans to Reach

Agreement on the Tax Cuts

Due to Expire End of 2010

December 1, 2010      Another Campaign

Promise was to Repeal the

Policy Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

December 3, 2010      Ref. Tax Cuts

December 3, 2010      Mrs. Obama Greeting

Injured Service Members

and Their Families

December 7, 2010       President Willing to

Compromise

December 17, 2010

December 18, 2010      Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

December 19, 2010

December 23, 2010

December 31, 2010      Financial Crisis Began on

Wall Street—Risky

Mortgages, etc.

December 31, 2010      Eco Growth

Events of 2011

January 6, 2011            Harry Reid (D-Nev.) still

Leaderof Senate

January 6, 2011            Republicans Gain Control

of the House of Representatives

This writing is an attempt to show Barack Obama’s campaign as an American Political Revolution. Revolutions of the past had battles of various types. Obama’s 2008 campaign was a revolution with battles of words, ideas and strategies. His major theme was there is a need for change in the federal government in some areas.

According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, the definition of revolution is—activity or movement designed to affect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation of a country.

Most leaders of revolutions seem to have a background that prepares them for the revolution they have been chosen to lead.

In 1961 Barack Obama was born in Hawaii to mixed parents, a white teenage mother and a black African father. Two years after Obama’s birth his parents were divorced because the father had left his family. His mother